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baroness hayter of kentish town: To ask Her Majesty's Government what istheir response to the report of the Drugs, Alcohol and Justice Cross-Party Parliamentary Group’s Charter for Change, published in September.

baroness williams of trafford: The Government has noted the recommendations in the report. In July, the Government published a comprehensive new Drug Strategy which aims to reduce drug misuse and increase the numbers recovering from dependence.The new Drug Strategy sets out a range of actions, to be taken forward at national and local level, that respond to the evolving threats and challenges that continue to emerge from drug misuse. These include changing drugs markets, changing patterns of use and an ageing and more complex group of people who need wide-ranging support to recover.

Gwent Police: Demonstrations

baroness jones of moulsecoomb: To ask Her Majesty's Government why Gwent Police Officers are policing anti-fracking protests at Preston New Road in Lancashire; and who is paying the salaries of those officers while they are in England.

baroness williams of trafford: The role of the police in managing demonstrations is to preserve the peace, to uphold the law and to prevent the commission of offences. Police tactics and decisions on how to achieve these objectives, and the resources required, are matters for the independent operational judgement of chief officers. If the required resources exceed a police force’s own capacity, mutual aid assistance may be requested from other forces. The decision to seek and assist with mutual aid deployments are operational decisions for the police and the cost of the officers provided are met by the requesting police force.

Ministry of Defence

Iraq: Armed Conflict

the lord bishop of coventry: To ask Her Majesty's Government whatestimate they have made of the cost of the UK's participation in the US led coalition air strikes in support of the liberation of Mosul.

earl howe: The net additional costs of counter-Daesh operations are as follows:  2014-152015-162016-17Total (£ million)47.2262.4469.4 Net additional costs are those costs that the Ministry of Defence would not otherwise have incurred but for the operations.

Gibraltar: Police

baroness harris of richmond: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the transfer of policing services from the Ministry of Defence to the government of Gibraltar, due in December, has been delayed; and if so, why.

earl howe: I refer the noble Baroness to the answer I gave on 15 March 2017 to Question number HL5931. The Ministry of Defence has not undertaken to transfer policing services to Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar in December. It follows, therefore, that there is no delay.



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Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Written Questions

lord blencathra: To ask Her Majesty's Government why the question for written answer on whether they have any plans to commemorate in October the many millions who have died since the October Revolution 1917 which was asked on 13 July (HL791) has not yet been answered; and when they expect to answer that question.

lord young of cookham: I refer my noble Friend to the answer I gave on the 14th September 2017.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

PwC: Ofwat

lord berkeley: To ask Her Majesty's Government whethertheyhaveany plans to investigate any possible conflicts of interests created by PriceWaterhouseCooper acting as (1) an adviser to Ofwat’s 2014 Price Review, and(2) an auditor to six water companies.

lord gardiner of kimble: The Government currently has no plans to investigate any possible conflicts of interests in relation to role of Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) as adviser to the 2014 Price Review (PR14). Following a process of open competition, after which PwC was contracted as their PR14 delivery partner, Ofwat took steps to ensure that any potential conflicts of interest were identified and managed at all stages. The measures taken were over and above PwC’s normal processes to ensure robust ethical walls are in place.